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09.02.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NEWS:
United Airlines is taking delivery of the first 787-9 Dreamliner with its new Polaris seat later today.

The aircraft will have 64(!) Polaris seats.

09.02.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

F3 to be launched on a Falcon Heavy rocket in the spring.

05.02.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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News:
Updated Viasat satellite roadmap just released. F2 and F3 should bring much more wifi capacity to the Delta fleet.

05.02.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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NEWS: Boeing expects to ramp up 787 Dreamliner production from 8/month to 10/month in 2026.

737 MAX production expected to increase from 42/month to 47/month in 2026.

28.01.2026 22:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A tale of 3 strategies:

United: Grow + secure production spots years out in advance

Delta: Diversify widebody strategy

American: Pay down debt on balance sheet (needed)

28.01.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NEWS: Delta widebody order.

+16 additional A330-900neo
+15 additional A350-900
+ additional widebody options

27.01.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Airbus EVP of Sales Benoit de Saint-ExupΓ©ry is bringing some John Leahy level of energy to the battle between Airbus and Boeing in these quotes. I love it.

12.01.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One of my favorite sites! Fantastic work, Mario!

05.01.2026 11:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wait until you hear about the Jetblue retro jet.

03.01.2026 13:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Christmas college hoops with @johnhollinger.bsky.social in Catlanta.

20.12.2025 19:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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18.12.2025 19:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle is out as CEO effective immediately. Jimmy Dempsey to become new
Frontier CEO.

15.12.2025 21:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 5
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Tonight, Viasat + @ulalaunch.bsky.social launch the 2nd of 3 Viasat-3 satellites. Viasat-3 will deliver streaming-speed wifi over the Americas to thousands of aircraft, including most of the Delta fleet!

06.11.2025 01:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Seeing reports of an AirAct Cargo 747 in the water at the Hong Kong Airport. Photo: x.com/michaelmohk/...

19.10.2025 22:00 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Boeing to build 2nd 787 Dreamliner final assembly line building in North Charleston as part of $1+ billion expansion. www.postandcourier.com/business/aer...

17.08.2025 01:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is the A380plus

11.08.2025 23:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Spirit's Q2 report is out and WOOF things are bad. It says that if measures it's taking to increase liquidity (sale or "monetization of certain aircraft and real estate, the sale of excess airport gates...") that its ability to continue as a going concern is in "substantial doubt" within 12 months.

11.08.2025 21:22 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

Such a sad sad day for aviation.

12.06.2025 11:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Name of the app?

12.03.2025 16:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A sad sad day for aviation.

30.01.2025 02:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

CNN carrying FAA statement just now that confirms the collision of a CRJ and a Black Hawk helicopter near DCA tonight.

30.01.2025 02:51 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5

This is fantastic!

21.01.2025 00:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Flight path of Boeing 777-9 BOE003 departing Boeing Field to the southwest.

Flight path of Boeing 777-9 BOE003 departing Boeing Field to the southwest.

Boeing’s 777X has returned to the skies. Certification test flights have been paused since August when broken engine thrust links were discovered on all 3 test aircraft. www.flightradar24.com/BOE003/38c10...

16.01.2025 22:18 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Probably would need two in ATL. One in concourse E and one in concourse F.

11.12.2024 03:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Very excited by Etihad Airways announcing 4x weekly flights between Abu Dhabi and Atlanta starting July 2nd!

25.11.2024 13:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0